**warning: contains implied abuse themes and domestic violence***

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Deals with Devils

Jake pulls up at the little red cottage at one in the afternoon on Monday. He drops his dad off at the house before going to unload the borrowed cargo. Upon his return, Jake parks behind the Forks Chief of Police cruiser. His heart pounds in his chest as he licks his dry lips. Today is the day he is going to receive the news he's been waiting for since her "I do".

He jumps from the cab and bursts into the house like a strong wind. Charlie looks up from Billy as he enters into the kitchen. "Charlie," Jake nods and holds his breath for the blow.

Charlie tucks his hands in his pockets and shrugs his shoulders. "Hey Jake," he says with a dejected tone.

"How's Bella?" Jake asks.

Charlie shakes his head and replies with a heavy sigh, "Not good. She says she caught some bug. I don't know," he grumbles and worry pinches his face.

Jake snorts and rolls his eyes. The excuse was probably to cover up her being a fucking bloodsucker. His Bells a blood drinker. "I gotta go," Jake growls and runs from the house.

He grabs the bike Bella brought him and heads to the Cullen house. Carlisle meets him at the door, but as soon as he hears his name he enters the house. The stairs are a minor obstacle as he scales them four at a time. "Bella," he whispers.

Her eyes snap to his as the most radiant smile lights the dreary white walled room. His lips curve to match hers as the magnetic pull draws him closer to Bells. Jake stops shy of approaching her and takes in her appearance. "You," he sighs, "look like shit."

She snorts and covers her face with her hair. He loved the nervous tic of hers. "Thanks. I think," she says looking up at Jake with her bottom lip tucked between her teeth.

Jake's eyes flash as he realizes what it is he was missing. Anger travels through his veins as she grabs a hold of Blondie's arm and stands on her pencil legs. She bows her head as she quickly covers the grotesque protrusion. He feels the bile rise in his throat as she peeps up at him from her curtain of hair. "You fucking leech," Jake roars as he launches himself at Edward who stands by the back glass doors.

Emmett and Jasper catch him mid-flight and push him from the icy corpse. Jake turns to Carlisle. "Why haven't you done anything?" he demands. "Take that fucking thing out of her. It's killing her!" he shouts, pointing at his best friend - the love of his life.

Carlisle shakes his head and begins to speak as Bella cuts him off. "It's not his choice. It's none of your choices. It's my decision. This is my choice," she says behind a growling Rose.

Jake crumbles with disgust. "You can't be fucking serious Bella," he says with bite. "That thing is killing you."

Edward takes a step from the window as Bella closes her mouth. "Jacob, may I speak with you? Privately?" Edward asks.

"Edward," Bella whispers with a shake of her head.

Jake eyes the vampire and nods. "Sure." Edward acknowledges his response with a curt nod.

The family moves with them as Edward begins to lead Jake from the room. Bella steps forward with her hand held out. "Jake," she says as he looks into her worried doe eyes.

Jake smirks and sneers, "Don't worry Bella. We'll play nice. Promise." He turns and follows Edward out of the house.

They walk in silence as Edward guides them further from the house. Jake takes in a deep breath to help gain control over the wolf threatening to bust through and execute revenge. His Bells is dying trying to incubate the demon spawn. He slows his pace as Edward whips around and faces him. "This is your fault," Jake spits.

Edward's face creases with a pained look before he speaks. "We - I didn't know this could happen. Jacob, you have to believe me. If I'd known I would have never-"

"What the fuck did you think was going to happen? I mean, even without the pregnancy it's fucking sick. You're dead," Jake bellows as he throws his arms out.

Edward flinches as he breaks eye contact with him. "Jacob, I," he pauses. The dramatic flare makes Jake roll his eyes as he waits. "If she wants children then she can have as many puppies as she wants. Not this. You have to help me. Talk some sense into her." Edward's pleas pull at Jake's heart strings.

The thought of Bella underneath him makes his dick twitch in his jeans. Jake subconsciously adjusts himself as he imagines Bella riding him, or bent over taking all of him as he fucks her from behind. His pupils dilate and his nostrils flare as he thinks about Bella carrying his scent for nine months. A vampire tempting a wolf to mark another man's territory is too great for the Alpha lingering at the surface. He wants it.

Jake watches Edward's face twist in a painful contortion as he imagines Bella beautifully round with his babe. "And what, you think Bella is going to be content being tossed between us? That she'd willingly be shared? What, I'd get her on the weekends and she'd come back home to you?" Jake asks, throwing his hands out to the side.

Edward pitiful gaze meets Jake's yellow rimmed glare. "Yes, if that's what she wants."

Jake shimmers with anger at the parasite's meek reply."You know you are disgusting, right? I mean, do you realize what you are asking from me? The love my life is married to a fucking bloodsucker, dying with that fucking demon inside of her, and you are asking me to fuck her and get her pregnant? Do you have any idea what that'll do to me?" Jake roars. The birds nesting in the trees take flight as the angry echo gains volume.

Jake paces as Edward sinks to his knees. The wolf settles inside at the show of submission from his greatest enemy. "How are you going to convince Bella?" he asks.

Edward avoids making eye contact as the agitated creature stares at the disgusting piece of rot. His mind slides shut as he waits. "Look Jacob, it's best you not know the plan. She'll turn to you and when she does I'm asking you to accept," the leech says, looking up a Jake from his kneeling position.

Jake glares into the piss colored eyes of his nemesis. Instincts tell him it's a trap. Edward was hiding something and the wolf felt it. "She'll never go for it," Jake states matter of factly.

Edward shrugs his shoulders and replies, "I'm asking you to try. For her."

The filthy fucking leech had to use Bella against him. Jake growls and turns back to the house. He doesn't wait for an invitation inside as he barges through the doors and races up the stairs. Bella sits on a loveseat in the living room. She looks up at him as he tops the last step and the widest smile he's ever seen splits her face. His heart rate jumps as he gives her a sunshine smile.

Jake sits opposite her in a chair. He rests his arms on his knees as his stare gravitates to her stomach. She rubs the swollen purple flesh. His heart breaks as he notices the gray tone of her skin and her lack of weight. Her beautiful rosy lips are white as death lingers over her shoulder. Bells, once a beautiful creature, is now dried out and withering away by the second.

Her chapped lips crack and blood speckles on her bottom lip as she smiles at him. "He's a boy. I can feel it," she says with pride.

The left corner of Jake's mouth twitches as he tries to hold back the smile. "You don't know that," he says with a chuckle.

Her eyes dance as she cradles her stomach. "I do so. My little nudger," she coos at her belly.

Jake snorts and hangs his head. "Well, sorry I didn't bring any blue balloons. Nobody told me," he says a little harsher than he meant.

Bella's gaze veers to the left and down before she meets his stare. She pulls her bottom lip into her mouth before she huffs and looks down again. "Don't hate me," she whispers.

Jake balks back like he's been electrocuted. "Bella, look at me," he says as his brow furrows. Her response is slow but he waits until he has her undivided attention. "I could never hate you, honey. I love you too much," he confesses.

Jake looks away with a heavy sigh. His shoes become interesting as he gathers his thoughts. When he is ready he catches Bella's worried stare. "I just wish you'd choose to live, Bells. That thing is killing you," he says as his voice cracks with sadness. He quickly turns from her to hide his tears.

"I want this baby, Jake. Please, I need you to understand," she says gaining his attention once again.

He searches her chocolate drops for answers as he contemplates Edward's deal. Jake wants her, but not like this. His conscience wouldn't allow him to give her the ultimatum her husband suggests. However, he wasn't going to stand by and watch her die either. Bella Cullen could live and die by her own choices.

Jake stands to leave but stops at the sound of her wounded voice. "Where are you going?" she asks.

He closes his eyes and he takes a deep breath to calm his nerves. "I'm not going to stand here and watch you die, Bella," he says. Jake turns his back to her and leaves the same way he came.

Jake storms from the Cullen house and kicks his motorcycle into a tree ten feet away. He drops on all fours as his russet wolf, shredding his clothes in the process. Thoughts of Bella and her demon incubator flow through his mind as he runs towards La Push. The unsuspecting driver swerves to miss him as he crosses the street without care. A painful howl pierces through the canopy of trees calling his brothers and Leah into his mind.

Questions, curses, and thoughts of destroying Bella pelt with a force strong enough to make him stumble. Thoughts rolling from the chocolate wolf push Jake's last wall of patience as the russet wolf barrels into his childhood best friend. The smaller wolf stands no chance as he flies to left and smacks hard into a nearby tree. What the fuck, Jake?

Jake's vision is clouded as a snarling Embry jumps protectively in front of Quil. The spotted gray wolf draws his russet counterpart in a combative circle placing the pack at Embry's back. Their minds go blank as they bare razor sharp teeth and blood red gums at each other. Growls get louder as they open their mouths wider and sink lower into their crouch. Embry's right ear twitches and Jake is in motion.

Gray and red fuse together in a tangled blur as they clash. Jaws snap as snarls and spittle fly around the pair. Fur of both shades floats in their wake as they tumble and slam into each other. They roll and bounce to their feet to rush each other for another go until it becomes apparent what is happening. Embry is only dodging and countering, not even trying to fight him.

The fight leaves Jake as he catches on to Embry's tactics. They both phase human panting with exhaustion as they stare at each other. Jake surveys their surroundings and notices the lack of the pack, and he sees they are a distance from where they started. With a grunt, Jake lowers himself the ground and Embry mirrors his action.

They simultaneously lie back on their folded arms to stare into the leaves. Jake takes his time letting his breath even out before speaking. "Ya know, I feel kinda weird talking to you naked," he says with a slight chuckle.

Embry snorts a laugh, "I promise not to look."

The comment makes Jake smile for the first time since he's seen Bella. "I know you are jealous of my manly sausage," he says with a cocky air.

"Hey, I have no complaints from Leah in that department," Embry says a little defensively, causing Jake to burst out laughing.

Their laughter tapers off as gravity settles between them. "What are you going to do?" Embry asks breaking the eerie tension.

Jake sighs and looks to the leaves blowing with the gentle breeze. Would he be strong enough to turn Bella down if she came to him? His wet dream would come true if Bella asked him to father her child, but he doesn't want to be labeled a breeder. Knowing she'd want to raise the child with her husband and not him burned deep. He felt his heart rip a little more. The answer is simple - he loves her.

Jake's skin crawls at Embry's tortured glare. He knows Jake's answer. His chest tightens with Embry's emotions on top of his own knocking the wind from him and launching Jake upright. "I don't know what to do, Em. What do I do?" Jake begs his brother to tell him the answers as he searches his eyes for the truth.

Embry breaks their stare as he studies his locked fingers resting around his shins. Jake waits, watching his best friend search for answers he doesn't have. "I don't know, Jake," Embry says.

Jake's humorless snort lingers between them. "Me neither, Em," he says and stands up. "Me neither," he says pitching forward onto four legs as he takes off running.

He runs from Embry and his tortured feelings. Edward Cullen and his fucked up deal. His best friend and her stupid bullshit. But the person he really wants to outrun is himself. So, he settles and runs back to the rez - back to his sanctuary.

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Everything is hazy and she is disoriented. She tries to get her bearings but her vision swims when she opens her heavy eyelids. This is not where she fell asleep, she notices. The muffled voices talking above her seem miles away. Something is wrong but her vocal chords won't form words.

"Son."

"She dying. I can't - Either step aside or help me."

"Edward."

A blurry figure stands to her left before everything goes black.